The Quiroga surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,937 people carried this name — #5,824 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 29% from 4,602 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Quiroga surname
Borrowed from Galician Quiroga, from the town of Quiroga, Galicia.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quiroga» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 112,756 people named Quiroga live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
103 people named Quiroga live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 41 people named Quiroga.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Quiroga is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Quiroga in American newspapers,
1820–1846.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,535 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Quiroga in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1890s.
89 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quiroga. The most, 64, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.4 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quiroga.
Who carried it
People named Quiroga,
with a public archive behind them.
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Facundo Quiroga 1788–1835 · captain -
Facundo Quiroga 1793–1835 · captain
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Littre Abraham Quiroga Carvajal d. 1973 · lawyer
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Carlos Desiderio Quiroga Rojas d. 1973
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Pedro de Quiroga 1520–1592 · missionary
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José de Jesús María 1562–1629 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Quiroga,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States152 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 116
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 18
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Alex Leon QuirogaBorn 1943; from San Jose, California. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Francisco G. QuirogaBorn 1920 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Hidalgo County.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Joe QuirogaU.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1987; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 152 records for Quiroga in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France13 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Francoise Renee QuirogaBorn 1944 in Vitry-le-François; died 1997 in Reims (Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Andre QuirogaBorn 1929 in Bagnolet (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 1990 in Chelles (Seine-et-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Maria Del Carmen QuirogaBorn 1939 in Argentina; died 1996 in Paris.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 13 records for Quiroga in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands1 record
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Abundio Gonzalez QuirogaMarried in 1930 in Rotterdam.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quiroga.
- Quinton 3,452 · U.S. census
- Quintus 222 · U.S. census
- Quinty 115 · U.S. census
- Quirin 604 · U.S. census
- Quirion 689 · U.S. census
- Quirk 6,392 · U.S. census
- Quiros 3,059 · U.S. census
- Quiroz 27,452 · U.S. census
- Qureshi 6,966 · U.S. census
- Raab 5,208 · U.S. census
- Raba 344 · U.S. census
- Rabah 390 · U.S. census
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